Folding safety-boat.



P! VESGOVI.

FOLDING SAFETY BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. z, 1912.

1,082,833. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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CDLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON D c PIETRO VESCOVI, OF PUEBLO,COLORADO.

FOLDING SAFETY-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed. March 2, 1912. Serial No; 681,204.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, PIETRO VEsoovI, citizenof Italy, residing at Pueblo, Colorado, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Folding Safety-Boats, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a folding safety boat; and the objects of myinvention are to adapt air tight compartments with a boat constructionto produce a bathing, hunting and portable safety boat in thecombination in which the parts are arranged. I attain these objects bymeans of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich, V

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of said boat; Fig. 2 is a top planview; Fig. 3 is'a perspective view and Fig. 4; is a broken sectionalview giving detail of joint construction.

Similar-numerals refer to similar throughout the several drawings.

A boat frame composed of parts 1 and 2 attached by hinged means 10. Alook piece 11 extending beneath the frame in L shape is attached to part2 0n the frame by bolt means 12, and may be adjusted to the part 1 bybolt means 13 provided with thumb screw. At the top and bottom in thecenter of the construction are cross pieces 8 and 9 which form a closecontact when the boat is extended. At and near each end of the frameconstruction is provided a water tight compartment 5 with supportingcross bar6 adapted to constitute a seat. On the front part 1 attachedoutside of the frame work on each side is an air tight compartment 3;and on the rear part 2 outside of the frame work is attached an airtight compartment 4. Rowlocks 14 are'provided in which oars may be usedbut other means of propelling such boat may be used without interferingwith my invention.

It will be observed that the front air tight chambers 3 are in atriangular form with the base near the middle of the boat, and that therear air tight chambers 4 are in like manner triangular in form with thebroad part or base at the rear end of the boat. The spaces 15 and 16between the seats 6 are not necessarily floored but may be if sodesired.

parts construction primarily is By this construction I have found thegreatest resistance to tipping of the boat, and, at the same time, forthe space used, the greatest sustaining area of the air tightcompartments; and the part of the novelty in my device is in placing theair tight compartments outside of the frame work of the boat and at alltimes bearing part of the load, thus constituting a difference from theordinarily constructed life or safety boat.

By means of the hinged construction the boat may be folded over so thatthe tops of parts 1 and 2 rest together and thus occupy a less space andbe more readily adapted to transportation from place to place, and bythe simple means of rendering the two parts rigid the boat may bequickly placed in position for use. If the occupant desires to protecthimself from water, he may do so by using tarpaulin or other waterproofmeans spread over and extending over the spaces 15 and 16 and attachingthe same to the sides 1 and 2 and the seats 6.

Primarily my device is adapted to a safety bathing or surf boat and as aportable hunt ing boat.

I am aware that air tight compartment boats have been constructed and Ido not claim the same broadly, but

I'Vhat I do claim is In a device of the character described thecombination of a boat frame divided into two parts connected by hingedmeans, a plate adapted by bolt and screw means to make the two partswhen connected rigid,

air chambers attached to the exterior of the front part of the boatconstruction triangular in form with the greatest area near the centerof the boat construction, air chambers attached on the exterior of therear portion of said boat construction with the greatest area at therear of the same, and water tight compartment disposed in each end ofsaid boat frame construction, all substantially as set forth.

lNitness my signature.

PIETB-O VESCOVI.

Witnesses:

R. R. MILLER, EDMOND GOBATH.

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